Necktie holder



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NECKTIE HOLDER Filed March 10'; 1961 FIG.2

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INVENTOR. RENE M. SCHUPBACH BY flwwm ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,108,342 NECKTE HOLDER Rene Maurice Schupbach, 142 Ridge Sh, Pawtucket, RI. Filed Mar. 10, 1961, Ser. No. 94,913 2 Claims. (Cl. 24-49) This invention relates to a necktie or cravat holder, also known as a tie slide, and particularly a construction which will aiford a two-point contact, each of a broad extent to facilitate the use of the device.

It is an object of this invention to decrease the resistance of sliding a necktie holder into position to grip the shirt and tie of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved mounting for resiliently acting shoes, which shoes will in effect he one of the tie engaging parts of the necktie holder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tie engaging member for a necktie holder in the form of a broad surface shoe which may be backed up by a spring to provide the necessary holding pressure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a minimum number of parts of such construction that assembly will be simple and inexpensive.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a necktie holder made in accordance with the invention;

FIGURE 2 is a side elevation of the necktie holder; and

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of the shoes and resilient arms.

In proceeding with this invention, the construction that is utilized is formed from sheet stock, each of the parts of which may be stamped out and bent by suitable forming operations, and one part may be assembled to the other in a simple assembly operation. The front bar of the clip is designated and is of sheet stock suitably cut out to provide a bar-like form ornamented as at 11 which is bent at 12 to provide a return bent portion or rear mounting bar 14. These bars are each rigid and rigidly connected in spaced relation. The front bar may be of any ornamental configuration; for instance, it may be embossed, engraved or provided with initial carrying devices. The return bent portion or bar 14 need not assume exactly the configuration illustrated which is shown merely by Way of example, for here any other shaping which fits into the design of the tie clip may be utilized.

The front bar 10 functions as one of the work engaging jaws or the front jaw. The rear jaw is designated generally 15 (see FIGURE 3) and may consist of a single 3 ,103,342 Patented Oct. 29, 1963 elongated piece of resilient stock which is permanently bent into an arched shape 16 and having a center portion of the arch 117 reduced to provide a convenient connecting area to the back bar 14 as by means of a band 18 embracing this reduced portion 17 and the back bar 14. The arch 16 provides the resilient arms 24. At the ends of the arms 24 the resilient stock is bent into U-shape as at 19 so as to extend back upon itself with portions that will extend towards each other to provide shoes 20, each of a substantial area which is generally flat and is so positioned that it will be parallel to the front bar or jaw 10. These shoes 20 are spaced from each other. The ends of the stock of the shoes are turned upwardly as at 21 at each end of the shoe sufficiently so that they will not catch upon a tie or shirt or other work material which may be inserted between these shoes which act as the rear jaw with the back of the bar 10 as the front jaw. The U-shape formations 19 are also formed so that there is a reverse curve 22 at the ends of the arch 16 so as to provide a mouth portion 23 for the entrance of the work between the jaws.

By this arrangement I provide two separate pressure areas at 20 to engage the work and each is independently mounted upon the arm 24 of the arch so that each may lift independently of the other and adjust itself to different thicknesses of work or to different thicknesses of the same piece of work as occasion may require. Also by reason of the U-shape bend and mouth, a very easy entrance is provided from a long spring arm 24 which permits of easy sliding of the work into position.

I claim:

1. In a tie clip, relatively rigid spaced front and rear bars, Work engaging means secured to the rear bar and comprising two work engaging shoes at spaced locations longitudinally of the front bar and each shoe having a surface of substantial area generally parallel to the front bar and a resilient arm mounting each shoe for independ ent movement toward and from said front bar, each shoe and arm being of the same piece of material and connected together by the material being bent upon itself in arcuate form and in substantially a U bend.

2. A tie clip as in claim 1 wherein both arms are of the same piece of material and connected together at the point of attachment to the rear bar.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,544,016 Lyman June 30, 1925 2,168,946 Rogers Aug. 8, 1939 2,300,068 Silverman Oct. 27, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS 9,805 Great Britain of 1911 

1. IN A TIE CLIP, RELATIVELY RIGID SPACED FRONT AND REAR BARS, WORK ENGAGING MEANS SECURED TO THE REAR BAR AND COMPRISING TWO WORK ENGAGING SHOES AT SPACED LOCATIONS LONGITUDINALLY OF THE FRONT BAR AND EACH SHOE HAVING A SURFACE OF SUBSTANTIAL AREA GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT BAR AND A RESILIENT ARM MOUNTING EACH SHOE FOR INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT TOWARD AND FROM SAID FRONT BAR, EACH SHOE AND ARM BEING OF THE SAME PIECE OF MATERIAL AND CONNECTED TOGETHER BY THE MALTERIAL BEING BENT UPON ITSELF IN ARCUATE FORM AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY A U BEND. 